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Re:Chomsky on Intellectual Property by rick888 on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @04:24PM (#2333723)
"How about file formats? Graphics manipulation algorithms? "

If Einstein wouldn't have come up with his theory, someone else would have. Those properties aren't going to change.

Photoshop, file formats, and algorithms are unique to the individual/individuals that created them.

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Re:Chomsky on Intellectual Property by notque on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @04:52PM (#2333856)
.... both are not unique to the individual that created them. They both would have been come up with by other people.
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